The increasing demands of the legal profession require no less than the highest level of competence, sophistication and professionalism on the part of Philippine legal practitioners. The competitive advantage of a law firm thus hinges on its complement of lawyers.

Each year, the Firm recruits a sampling of the year’s best law graduates – young men and women who subscribe to high personal standards and who reflect the best qualities of each generation of new lawyers. The new hires then undergo a rigorous eight-month training period where they are rotated among the Firm Groups and given exposure to the different practice areas, particularly litigation, corporate and business law, and intellectual property law. Having had a taste of the general practice of law, the new lawyers are better equipped to excel in their practice areas of specialization which they elect at the end of their training.

It is the unique blend of talent, dynamism and passion for excellence of the Firm’s lawyers, honed further by a training program acknowledged in the legal profession as one of the best, that sets the Firm apart from all other Philippine legal institutions and continues to give it a competitive edge in the profession.